Akinlade, Buhari, Amosun

The Presidency has asserted that as a party leader and a candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the coming elections, President Muhammadu Buhari will campaign for the party and all its candidates.

The presidency was reacting to ongoing controversies over the President’s hosting of of Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun and the state governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Abdulkadir Adekunle Akinlade, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Sunday.

Before the Sunday’s meeting with the president, Amosun,  accompanied by the APM National Chairman, Alhaji Yusuf Dantalle, had in Dec. 2018,met with the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Amosun, at the meeting, presented a letter of adoption of the President by APM as the party’s presidential candidate in Feb. 16 general elections.

President Buhari had also met with Dapo Abiodun, the APC gubernatorial candidate for Ogun State in the 2019 general elections.

But the presidency said while Buhari will remain faithful to candidates of the party, as the nation’s leader,  he will not decline courtesy calls or offers of support from citizens including candidates flying the flags of other parties.

“There is no doubt that the President has no competition here in terms of popularity in the coming elections. But the more support he gets, the wider the margin of victory there will be.

“So please let there be no confusion about this. President Buhari is APC.

“He will campaign for all APC candidates, but he welcomes support and endorsements,” the presidency said in a statement by Garba Shehu, one of the spokespersons to President Buhari.